The Judiciary Committee will come to order. And without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight of the federal bureau of investigation. Ill begin by recognizing myself for an Opening Statement. Thank you, director wray, for appearing for the first time in front of this committee and thank you for your service to our country and your new position. There is much to discuss today, and we look forward to your answers. The president recently tweeted that the fbi is in tatters. While some will take umbrage with President Trumps assertion, it does appear to me that at the very least, the fbis reputation as an impartial, nonpolitical agency has been called into question recently. We cannot afford for the fbi, which has traditionally been dubbed the premier Law Enforcement agency in the world, to become tainted by politicization or the perception of a lack of evenhandedness. Questions regardin
Director wray also talked about comments made by President Trump on twitter about the work and reputation of the fbi. This House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing is four hours. The Judiciary Committee will come to order. And without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight of the federal bureau of investigation. Ill begin by recognizing myself for an Opening Statement. Thank you, director wray, for appearing for the first time in front of this committee and thank you for your service to our country and your new position. There is much to discuss today, and we look forward to your answers. The president recently tweeted that the fbi is in tatters. While some will take umbrage with President Trumps assertion, it does appear to me that at the very least, the fbis reputation as an impartial, nonpolitical agency has been called into question recently. We cannot afford for the fbi, whic
Staff to get the senate doors closed, and other members can go on the staff . Someone . The subcommittee will come to order. When we recessed it was mr. Mckinleys turn to be recognized, so with that, i want to recognize the gentleman from West Virginia for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman, and thank you, administrator, for coming and participating in this. Over the years, we had asked your predecessor [ inaudible ] mines up. Just come over here. Mines back up. Weve skdz asked your predecessors to come, particularly relating to section 321a. To see the impact some of the regulations were having in the coal fields, and they declined to do that. But i am particularly appreciative of the fact that a week ago or two weeks ago, the epa, you sent yourself, other folks came to West Virginia to get the impact of what these regulations are having, because its pretty clear in the statute that we have to abide by the economic impact, we have to take that into consideration when rules and regs
The Judiciary Committee look on the order. The chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to todays hearing. I will begin by recognizing myself for an Opening Statement. Thank you, director wray, for appearing for your first time in front of this committee, and thank you for your service to our country and your new position. There is much to discuss today, and we look forward to your answers. The president recently tweeted that the fbi is in tatters. While some will take umbrage with President Trumps assertion, it does appear to me that, at the very least, the fbis reputation as an impartial, nonpolitical agency has been called into question recently. We cannot afford for the fbi, which has traditionally been dubbed the premier Law Enforcement agency in the world, to become tainted by politicization or the perception of a lack of evenhandedness. Questions regarding the fbis impartiality first came to light under the Obama Administration su
Mckinleys turn to be recognized. I want to recognize the gentleman from West Virginia for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, administrator, for coming, participating in this. Over the years we had asked your predecessor no mike is up. Just come here. Now it is back. We had asked your predecessors to come particularly as relates to section 321a, to see the impact some of the regulations were having on in the coal fields and they declined to do that. But i am particularly appreciative of the fact that a week ago or two weeks ago the epa, you sent other folks to West Virginia to get the impact of what these regulations are having. Because it is pretty clear in the statute that we have to abide by the economic impact. We have to take that into consideration when rules and regs are promulgated. They didnt do that. I know you and i have had that conversation, that you want to follow the law very clearly, and i know a federal judge has already ruled that the epa in the past con